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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | upper Cretaceous rocks, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late |
| Original map label | Ku |
| Comments | limestone, shale, marl, sandstone, clay, sand, fine-grained mixed clastic, medium-grained mixed clastic, coarse-grained mixed clastic, mixed clastic/carbonate |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | shale |
| Other rock types | mudstone; sandstone; clay or mud; sand; fine-grained mixed clastic; medium-grained mixed clastic; coarse-grained mixed clastic; mixed clastic/carbonate |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-Mudstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed) |
| Map references | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000 |
| Unit references | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1970, Waco Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Anderson - Freestone - Leon |
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